Braintree railway station

Braintree
	Braintree
Location
Place	Braintree
Local authority	Braintree
Operations
Station code	BTR
Managed by	National Express East Anglia
Platforms in use	1
	Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.760 million
2005/06 *	0.779 million
2006/07 *	0.846 million
	National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
	* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Braintree from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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This article is about a railway station in England. For Braintree station in Massachusetts, see Braintree (MBTA station).

Braintree railway station serves the town of Braintree in Essex, England. It is now the terminus of the Braintree Branch Line but originally it was a through station for services to Bishop Stortford. Passenger services on that section ceased in 1952.The next station,heading towards Rayne railway station Is Gore Road railway station.

The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by train operating company National Express East Anglia. Most trains run direct to London Liverpool Street, joining the Great Eastern Main Line at Witham. They are all scheduled to be operated by Class 321 electric multiple units, but occasionally Class 360 or Class 315 EMUs replace them.

[edit] Services

The typical weekday service is of hourly trains to and from London Liverpool Street, taking 63 minutes to complete the journey. On Sundays there is an hourly shuttle to and from Witham.